Hi Forum
Need some advice please regarding a replacement desktop.
This will be my second desktop from PCSpecialist. Very pleased with original purchase but it's getting rather slow (5 years old)
I am non tech so quite a bit of the below is semi guesswork (based on other comments and the excellent guides on here) so please feel free to recommend as many changes as you consider appropriate.
I live in Southern Spain si it's very warm in summer. I do have aircon but it will still be a warmer environment that the UK so wondering if I have included sufficient cooling/fans.
Hence this system is from the Spanish version of the website as I will buy there but the Spanish forum is pretty quiet and my Spanish is rudimentary.
Budget - The projected spend is 2335 Euros happy to go 300-400 Euros more if required.
I have a dual monitor system (Samsung 24" S24D330H). These are 1080.
I plan to upgrade the main monitor to a 1440 at some point. I am not that bothered about going any higher.
I do quite a bit of website work and have lots of Chrome tabs open.
Some minor photoshop work on an old version and nothing really resource hungry.
No video work.
I will want to play some games but very unlikely to be the latest so a pretty decent graphics card would be needed but not top notch.
I have loads of stuff stored/backed up on external hard drives so I can never have enough usb ports!
Thanks for any advice you can give
Len
Case
TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE WITH AIRFLOW CORSAIR 5000D
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Twelve-Core Processor (4.4 GHz-5.6 GHz/140 MB DE w/3D V-Cache/AM5) ASUS® TUF GAMING
Motherboard
B650-PLUS WIFI (DDR5, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)
32 GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5200 MHz (2 x 16 GB)
Graphics card
10 GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6700 - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
Support Graphics Card
NONE (SUPPORT INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive 1TB
INTEL® 670p NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 3500MB/sR, 2500MB/sW)
1st Hard Drive
4 TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5", 6 GB/s, 5400 RPM, 256 MB CACHE External
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8 Slim USB 2.0 External DVD-RW
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750 W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS ® GOLD, ULTRA SILENT
Power cable
1.5 meter European power cable (C13)
Processor cooling
High performance CPU cooler PCS series FrostFlow 100 V3 (AMD)
Thermal paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound card
6 INTEGRATED CHANNELS (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (STANDARD)
Network Card
2.5Gbe LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
2 PORTS (1 TYPE A, 1 TYPE C) USB 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Firewire
2 Ports IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI-E Card (2 x 6 pin) Windows 11 Home 64-bit
operating system - incl.
Single License [KUK-00003]
Language Operating System
UK/United Kingdom - English
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multilingual Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
Microsoft 365® FREE 30-Day Trial (Operating system required)
Antivirus
Norton 360 - Free 90-day license Google Chrome™
browser Keyboard and mouse LOGITECH® K120 USB KEYBOARD (ES)
Keyboard and mouse
LOGITECH® USB OPTICAL MOUSE
Warranty
3-year Gold Warranty (3 years collection and return, 3 years components, 3 years labor)
Delivery
DELIVERY IN 3 DAYS TO SPAIN
Compilation time
Standard assembly: between 6 to 8 working days
Price: €2,335.00 VAT and shipping included
Unique URL to reconfigure: https://www.pcspecialist.es/configuraciones-guardadas/amd-am5-pc/YTWX3czyT0/
Need some advice please regarding a replacement desktop.
This will be my second desktop from PCSpecialist. Very pleased with original purchase but it's getting rather slow (5 years old)
I am non tech so quite a bit of the below is semi guesswork (based on other comments and the excellent guides on here) so please feel free to recommend as many changes as you consider appropriate.
I live in Southern Spain si it's very warm in summer. I do have aircon but it will still be a warmer environment that the UK so wondering if I have included sufficient cooling/fans.
Hence this system is from the Spanish version of the website as I will buy there but the Spanish forum is pretty quiet and my Spanish is rudimentary.
Budget - The projected spend is 2335 Euros happy to go 300-400 Euros more if required.
I have a dual monitor system (Samsung 24" S24D330H). These are 1080.
I plan to upgrade the main monitor to a 1440 at some point. I am not that bothered about going any higher.
I do quite a bit of website work and have lots of Chrome tabs open.
Some minor photoshop work on an old version and nothing really resource hungry.
No video work.
I will want to play some games but very unlikely to be the latest so a pretty decent graphics card would be needed but not top notch.
I have loads of stuff stored/backed up on external hard drives so I can never have enough usb ports!
Thanks for any advice you can give
Len
Case
TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE WITH AIRFLOW CORSAIR 5000D
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Twelve-Core Processor (4.4 GHz-5.6 GHz/140 MB DE w/3D V-Cache/AM5) ASUS® TUF GAMING
Motherboard
B650-PLUS WIFI (DDR5, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)
32 GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5200 MHz (2 x 16 GB)
Graphics card
10 GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6700 - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
Support Graphics Card
NONE (SUPPORT INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive 1TB
INTEL® 670p NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 3500MB/sR, 2500MB/sW)
1st Hard Drive
4 TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5", 6 GB/s, 5400 RPM, 256 MB CACHE External
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8 Slim USB 2.0 External DVD-RW
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750 W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS ® GOLD, ULTRA SILENT
Power cable
1.5 meter European power cable (C13)
Processor cooling
High performance CPU cooler PCS series FrostFlow 100 V3 (AMD)
Thermal paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound card
6 INTEGRATED CHANNELS (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (STANDARD)
Network Card
2.5Gbe LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
2 PORTS (1 TYPE A, 1 TYPE C) USB 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Firewire
2 Ports IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI-E Card (2 x 6 pin) Windows 11 Home 64-bit
operating system - incl.
Single License [KUK-00003]
Language Operating System
UK/United Kingdom - English
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multilingual Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
Microsoft 365® FREE 30-Day Trial (Operating system required)
Antivirus
Norton 360 - Free 90-day license Google Chrome™
browser Keyboard and mouse LOGITECH® K120 USB KEYBOARD (ES)
Keyboard and mouse
LOGITECH® USB OPTICAL MOUSE
Warranty
3-year Gold Warranty (3 years collection and return, 3 years components, 3 years labor)
Delivery
DELIVERY IN 3 DAYS TO SPAIN
Compilation time
Standard assembly: between 6 to 8 working days
Price: €2,335.00 VAT and shipping included
Unique URL to reconfigure: https://www.pcspecialist.es/configuraciones-guardadas/amd-am5-pc/YTWX3czyT0/
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